A member of the Shogun's powerful board of advisors. Appears in the first scene of ep. 24, with a young aide in tow, to request Kariya's help in eliminating Kasumi Seizou—and Mugen, Jin, and Fuu. When his aide questions tasking a man who seems to care only for his garden for such an important assignment, Roujyu replies that the aide is too young to remember Kariya's fearsome reputation as the Hand of God.